No­jail­for knife­man

A Dry­men man who con­fronted a large group of school pupils while in pos­ses­sion of a knife has avoided jail.

Si­mon Ward (39) as­saulted a boy, then aged 15, and seized him by the hair, and pushed him dur­ing an alarm­ing in­ci­dent in the vil­lage. He also shouted, swore and be­haved in an ag­gres­sive man­ner while hold­ing a blade.